Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we let them glide away.

And so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

For if he were on earth, he could not be a priest; because there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came, they could have had an opportunity to return.

Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned: